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ALCHEMY: ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT.:An illustrated alchemical manuscript on paper, in German, \”Ver Rechten Alchemy,\” Germany, 15th century, 150 x 105 mm. 48 leaves, foliated 1-47, xliii in a contemporary hand, complete. Collation: [i + 1-412 + i], horizontal catchwords. 18-20 long lines, written in German cursive script, single vertical bounding lines faintly ruled in lead, written area: 100 x 75 mm. Chapter titles and single-line initials in red. 22 pages with illustrations of chemical apparatus in brown and red ink inserted into the text by the scribe. Occasional contemporary annotations in the margins and on f. 48r-v. (Occasional slight discoloration to blank margins of leaves.) Bound in a vellum wrapper: dimensions 157 x 114 mm.
Contents: ff. 1r-35v, Der rechter Alchamey. Recipe i tail reingold ii tail vera silber und iii tail kupfer purgiert … so ist es gut; ff. 36r-48r, Das ist das puch das ysac seinem sun von Babilon sandt … und wirt nymmer mer lebendig.
This small manuscript contains two treatises on alchemy, the first of which is liberally illustrated with depictions of chemical apparatus drawn by the scribe of the codex. The texts consist primarily of recipes for creating silver and gold from baser metals, a topic of considerable interest in the late Middle Ages and early modern period.
炼金术：插图手稿。 一份纸上有插图的炼金术手稿，德文，“Ver Rechten Alchemy”